(Still corresponding…) Love has only a few levels, however, it has soooo many dimensions. Like there is Universal Love, Personal Love and Intimate Love. Universal Love is for all existence. Love for humankind, the land, the water, the air, the energy of life, etc. Personal Love is for […]
(During correspondence a close friend of mine said some things about Love and this was my response) Of course we’re on the same page with Love because there is only one page. Every other page is spurious. Fully fabricated. Utter embellishments. I speak of Love the way I […]
Hello World. Let’s start like this. Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Rayshard Brooks, Botham Jean,Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Carole Robertson, Michael Brown, Freddy Gray, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice. Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery were shot because they were profiled. Breonna Taylor and Botham Jean were shot in […]
Hello world. Virginia’s Special Session began two days ago and among the many topics of discussion are two bills that would significantly change the way prisoners earn good time and bring back parole in Virginia. There will always be opposition to change of any kind, however, the opposition […]
A petition was just started to pass the laws that would bring back 65% and parole in Virginia for prisoners. Mass incarceration and lengthy sentences have to stop. Please support and sign the petition. Post it up anywhere and everywhere on social media. We’re aiming at 100,000 signatures, […]
Hello world. Justice is supposed to be blind. Indifferent to race or gender. Disregarding affluence or the lack thereof. Incapable of venality. As the root word of justice implies, it should be fair. As a black man in the prison system though, I assure you Virginia’s justice is […]
Hello world. There are so many things you have to deal with as a prisoner. Today, I talked to my best friend and she told me somebody was speaking negatively about me. As in, someone was speaking in a discouraging manner about the fact that she talks to […]
I’ve been waiting to tell you I love you since before we even met Since before the timbre of your voice ignited flames in my chest Before the thought of your presence made my heart undress I already harbored this inexplicable love for you in excess All the […]
For the longest, I’ve tried my best to keep people in my life. I’ve done everything I know how to do, but for some odd reason, people keep leaving. As time passed and the pattern continued, I began to think something was wrong with me. I began to […]
I am a man whose ancestors’ were torn from their land A man whose ancestors’ destiny was stolen from their hand I am a man whose culture was hidden A black man that was made a part of a white man’s vision I am a man who didn’t […]
Hello world. “What is the state of your soul in prison?” was a question posed by Kimberly Malone during a class on spirituality in Sing Sing correctional. After reading the article behind it, I wanted to answer it also. Part of an answer one man gave was, “it’s […]
Hello world. I’m sure most have heard about this by now, however, I was compelled to write about it anyway because I just saw it on the news yesterday. Last month, an 8 year old girl was strip searched at Buckingham Correctional. Needless to say, I was appalled […]
Hello world. Have you ever been somewhere and felt so out of place that the only logical explanation you could come up with was that you MUST be dreaming? This past August made 9 years I’ve been incarcerated and I’ve felt that way every single day I’ve awakened […]
Hello world. Before I begin, I’d just like to say that if you don’t have an open mind about life and the things we don’t definitively know, you shouldn’t even read this. I know enough to understand that some people’s perspectives are nonnegotiable and that’s okay. However, for […]
Hello world. I’ve mentioned before that I was raised completely by women; my mother, my great aunt, my cousin, a short stint in a foster home. My father wasn’t around for whatever reason(s). Throughout my childhood, I can remember maybe two instances where I saw him and spent […]
Hello world. I was looking through my archive and came across these two poems. One was written by a friend of mine’s girlfriend (so I was told), and the response was written by me because he asked me to. I just thought they would be nice to share, […]
Hello world. First and foremost, I’d like to thank every single person who takes the time to pause their day to read and consider my thoughts. I know and understand the chaotic state that some of your lives may be in with all the obligatory situations of life. […]
Hello world. I watch the news daily to keep up with the happenings of the world. I rarely, if ever, watch any local news because I’m not from this area where I’m imprisoned. I watch national news, specifically for legal and political reasons because of the slight possibility […]
I am alone and maybe I should accept that position. Because those who claim to be with me are only apparitions. Wraiths, spectres, flickering shadows in my vision. Whispering of love and friendship, but they’re the hollowest of provisions. Their very speaking of fealty is a feckless act […]
Hello world. Every day I take time to survey my surroundings in here. There are people of various ages, sizes, hues, cultures, upbringings, beliefs and a myriad of other things that make everyone uniquely individual. Our obvious commonality is our incarceration. For whatever the reason, we’ve all ended […]
Hello world. Growing up where I did, around the people I was around, I heard this phrase very often. “I’m a real nigga.” What the hell IS that? Everybody would say it and it was supposed to be a statement of integrity. A statement that meant you were […]
Hello world. Time is a term of measurement. It is also a relative term. For example, what may be long to us as people, isn’t long to the earth. Meaning that 50 years to a person is a long time, but 50 years to the earth is nothing. […]
I would pay anything for only a look At every single crannie and nook Of attributes like ingredients perfectly cooked Where one taste gets you totally hooked I would give anything to be able to stare At the knots of locks composing her hair Or the glow of […]
How many ways can I say the things I’ve said? Explain how to articulate these feelings you’ve bred Is it real or am I being fictitiously fed By a desire that only exists in my head? You’ve bought the one thing money can’t purchase What I promised not […]
Hello world. I was incarcerated in August of 2010, but didn’t reach D.O.C. until March of 2014. I’m coming up on five years in D.O.C. and things are steadily changing. There are a myriad of changes going on, but I’m focusing on specific ones for a reason. As […]
Every time the hardships surface and for every single moment I’ve hurted I put the pain of my life in these verses and sit back to wonder if anything’s worth it Years of my life eaten by this prison A gigantic gap where my freedom is missing Surrounded […]
Hello world. People say things of this nature all the time, “I got so angry because I love you so much”. I’m not sure at all where this came from, but bravo to the first person who ever said it. It’s ingratiated itself with society somehow and become […]
It’s like my suffering is perpetuating itself Like something is slowly masticating my health Pieces of my soul are being amputated in stealth And the rest will likely be extravasated and kept My eyes are heavy with the gaze of fatigue From living every day in this maze […]
I wonder what life would be like without the swell of emotion Without its power to sway proclivity like a potent potion Without it inundating us as forceful as the biggest ocean Its waves crashing against the containers of our hearts, causing erosion Why is it that for […]
Hello world. Life is precious. There are no mulligans of time. I’m sure everyone knows this, but do we treat it that way? I understand that the vast majority of the world doesn’t have the frame of mind to treat life as preciously as it deserves to be […]
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